Luke Nevill celebrates after Utah beat San Diego St. in MWC final (Photo: AP)

MWC Regular Season Standings 1 BYU 12-4 25-7 1 Utah 12-4 23-9 1 N.Mexico 12-4 21-11 4 San Diego St. 11-5 23-8 5 UNLV 9-7 21-10 6 Wyoming 7-9 19-13 7 TCU 5-11 14-17 8 Colorado St. 4-12 9-22 9 Air Force 0-16 10-21

University of Utah 2008-09

Boylen Drca Kepkay Nevill Borha Green 5 Drca Luka 6'5'' (196) G 87 32 Kepkay Tyler 6'0'' (183) G 87 50 Nevill Luke 7'2'' (218) C 86 11 Borha Lawrence 6'3'' (191) G 84 21 Green Shaun 6'8'' (203) F 87 14 Tillie Kim 6'10'' (208) F 88 15 Brown Carlon 6'5'' (196) G 89 45 Grim Morgan 6'8'' (203) F   1 Cyphers Jordan 6'4'' (193) G/F   2 Tavita Jace 6'4'' (193) G/F   3 Hines Chris 6'1'' (185) G   10 Smith Tre 5'10'' (178) G   30 Sharp Josh 6'7'' (201) F   31 Downie Jonathan 6'8'' (203) F   42 Washburn Jason 7'0'' (213) C

Luke Nevill (7'2''-C-86) scored 10 of his 18 points in the second half of a defense-dominated game, and Shaun Green (6'8''-F-87)'s steal right before the buzzer clinched Utah's 52-50 victory over San Diego State on Saturday for the Mountain West Conference tournament title.
Lawrence Borha (6'3''-G-84) scored 12 points and hit three free throws in the final 12.8 seconds for the second-seeded Utes (24-9). They won their second Mountain West tournament title not with scoring, but by limiting San Diego State star Lorrenzo Wade (6'6''-F) to 12 points on 5-of-16 shooting.
Richie Williams (5'9''-G) hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 14 seconds for San Diego State to make it 51-50. After Borha missed his last free throw with 7.6 seconds left, Williams drove downcourt for a final shot - but Green swiped it cleanly from his hands on the perimeter.

Courtesy of Utah Univ.


Tournament Final: Utah - San Diego St. 52-50
Tournament Semifinals:
BYU - San Diego St. 62-64
Utah - Wyoming 68-55

MWC All-Tournament MVP: Luke Nevill of Utah

All-MWC 1st Team 2008-09

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All-MWC 1st Team
Luke Nevill of Utah
Lee Cummard (6'7''-G-85) of BYU
Jimmer Fredette (6'2''-G) of BYU
Tony Danridge (6'5''-G/F-86) of New Mexico
Brandon Ewing (6'2''-G-86) of Wyoming

All-MWC 2nd Team
Daniel Faris (6'9''-F-87) of New Mexico
Kyle Spain (6'5''-F) of San Diego State
Lorrenzo Wade of San Diego State
Kevin Langford (6'8''-F-85) of TCU
Wink Adams (6'0''-G-85) of UNLV

All-MWC 3rd Team
Jonathan Tavernari (6'6''-G/F-87) of BYU
Marcus Walker (6'0''-G-86) of Colorado State
Richie Williams of San Diego State
Rene Rougeau (6'6''-G-86) of UNLV
Lawrence Borha of Utah

All-MWC Honorable Mention
Andrew Henke (6'6''-G) of Air Force
Roman Martinez (6'6''-G/F-88) of New Mexico
Chad Toppert (6'7''-G-85) of New Mexico
Billy White (6'7''-F) of San Diego State
Zvonko Buljan (6'9''-C-87) of TCU
Carlon Brown (6'5''-G-89) of Utah
Luka Drca (6'5''-G-87) of Utah
Shaun Green of Utah
Tyler Kepkay (6'0''-G-87) of Utah
Tyson Johnson (6'6''-F-87) of Wyoming
Sean Ogirri (6'2''-G-86) of Wyoming

MWC All-Defensive Team
Luke Nevill of Utah
Jackson Emery (6'3''-G-87) of BYU
Richie Williams of San Diego State
Rene Rougeau of UNLV
Lawrence Borha of Utah

MWC Player of the Year: Luke Nevill of Utah
MWC Defensive Player of the Year: Luke Nevill of Utah
MWC Newcomer of the Year: Zvonko Buljan of TCU
MWC Freshman of the Year: Afam Muojeke (6'7''-G/F-88) of Wyoming
MWC Sixth Man of the Year: Shaun Green of Utah
MWC Coach of the Year: Steve Alford of New Mexico